Although aging is a natural and irreversible process, steps can be taken to delay the signs of aging. Our skin is a delicate tissue, which gets easily damaged due to environmental pollution, harsh sunlight or due to exposure to strong chemicals. Our face acts as the first indicator of our age, and so it is very vital to avoid wrinkles and skin damage on our facial skin. Although anti-wrinkle creams can help in hiding the wrinkles, but what is actually required to delay the onset and severity of the aging process is a combination of healthy diet, anti aging treatment and a lifestyle change.

Our skin is a living and breathing tissue, not just a non-living layer covering our body. So, to keep it healthy, we need to keep it clean, nourish it with moisturizers and protect it from the harsh sun. Here are some ways to prevent the skin from aging.

Sunrays Protection — Owing to the harmful ultraviolet rays, sunlight has a lot of damaging effect on the skin. Therefore, it is necessary to apply a good sunscreen lotion not only on the face, but also on the neck, arms, and hands, at least half a hour before you go out into the sun.

Daily Regimen — One must make it a habit to cleanse and scrub the face with a suitable cleanser, apply suitable toners and moisturizers that suit your skin type. Applying skin rejuvenators containing vitamin A derivatives such a retinol or Retinyl Palmitate, or chemical exfoliates such as an alpha hydroxyl acid (AHA) or beta hydroxyl acid (BHA) products is absolutely necessary. It is also advisable to include an antioxidant (such as products containing Vitamin C Ester, Spin Trap, or CoQ10) to combat the skin damaging free radicals as well as to encourage overall skin repair.

Diet and Food — The quality of our skin reflects the kind of food we take. It is necessary to take adequate water / fluids and a vitamin rich balanced diet.

Lifestyle Issues — Exercise improves the blood circulation to the skin and nourishes it better and improves its elasticity. Therefore, daily workout is necessary for a clear and healthy skin. It is advisable to quit smoking and any other habits which harm the skin.

By: Jared Lee

Our face is the window to the world!

Young, vibrant and supple skin with no sign of wrinkles presents a happy, well cared look to the world. However, dry patches, under eye wrinkles and blotches may be a big turn off it you want to bag a job or present a business plan. Why look neglected and uncared, when all it takes to look attractive is a few minutes each day!

Having a good skin care regimen is easy and fun, especially when you start seeing a younger face in the mirror each day. A healthy, clean skin is the best way to look young again and ward off common skin problems like acne, wrinkles and blotches.

Acne is one of the most common problems that are aggravated by blocked pores and oily deposits. If you don’t cleanse and tone up everyday, the makeup settles in the pores, blocking up the skin breathing cells and lead to accumulating toxins, which then come out in the form of acne. When you look at acne treatment, what suits one may not necessarily suit you as the treatment depends upon a lot of things like your skin type, type of acne and other things that a dermatologist can best define.
If you are careless about your skin care routine, you might be surprised how soon the wrinkles come up!

There are many products that claim to be good anti wrinkle creams and lotions but a healthy diet, herbal based skin care products are the best remedies. If you start cleaning, toning and moisturizing your skin a little early in life you may be happy later on as the wrinkles can easily be kept at bay.

Whether the cream that your friend recommended is good for you or not, its best to check out the list of ingredients and see how many chemicals it has. Any cream that has a broad base of chemicals will always have side effects on your skin. Looking at natural sea minerals, essential oils with a base of pure natural oils like olive oil, coconut oil and avocado oil may be a little expensive but look at the long term benefits for your own health. These skin products are gentle and mild and nourish your skin from within as they get absorbed easily.

Natural herbal based products and those which contain milk, essential oils, natural fragrances are the best creams and body lotions that can be applied on your delicate skin to keep it fresh, beautiful and soft.

By: Anita R Choudhary

It happens sooner or later to all of us. We wake up one fine morning, stumble into the bathroom and some old person has the nerve to stare back at us in the mirror, wrinkled and sad. Suddenly want to know, do wrinkle creams work? And if they do, which ones and how soon can I get some.

At some point we all add “wrinkle cream” to our personal care items shopping list and we need to know what to look for. We also need to know what else is involved in anti aging skin care. Before we go further, the answer to that nagging question do wrinkle creams work is a qualified “yes.” Some do great; others waste your time and money.

Before planning exactly what products will best reverse the appearance of aging skin, it helps to do some homework. Beauty and health magazines often report on products to diminish the effects of aging and these are usually objective. You can find them in paper magazine or the virtual one on the internet. Check consumer rating websites and other publications as well.

Be shameless about asking great looking older people for their secrets. And don’t be surprised if their lifestyle is as much the cause as their prize cream for wrinkles. No one minds being told how young we think they look and should be delighted to tell all.

Anti-aging means get plenty of rest, eating a very healthy diet and drinking those eight glasses of water a day. You want to add moisture, protein and antioxidants to your skin. You also want to avoid too much exposure and most certainly need to avoid smoking.

Once you have some suggested cream, start reading labels. Look for natural ingredients and few to no long strings of chemical names. Avoid any ingredients that you know you have sensitivities or allergies to. Don’t confuse cost with quality. Some cheaper brands are great and some extremely expensive ones are miserable.

A good wrinkle treatment will have several desirable ingredients. Some brands may have different formulas for day and night, so be sure the “day” type has a sunscreen. Sunshine or artificial tanning lights can damage the skin which creates new wrinkles and makes the one already there worse.

Creams to make wrinkles less noticeable usually have ingredients to draw moisturizer to the skin. Many products can do this, so any decent moisturizer should work. Other natural oils seal the moisture you do have in the skin. Dehydrated skin collapses a bit and makes wrinkles look worse and your skin needs water to function down to the cell level.

The same antioxidant vitamins, minerals and other nutrients in forms the skin can actually use. These include Vitamin A, Vitamin E, and several minerals. Other food components like flavonoids, carotenes, fatty acids and lycopenes can help reduce inflammation and help to repair the damage that has been done.

To answer for yourself the question do wrinkle creams work, find a mostly natural product with all the right stuff: antioxidants, moisture protectors and sun screen. Use it as directed and use it daily. Eat right, get plenty of rest, avoid too much wind and sun and avoid smoking like the plague. If you are a Baby Boomer, stay that way instead of becoming a Baby Pruner, because that’s the pits!

By: Geoff Hopkins